Avraham Negev, The Greek inscriptions from the Negev (Collectio Minor 25), Jerusalem 1981
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The Greek inscriptions published here come from different localities in the Negev, discovered at different times: at Oboda during my excavations in the years 1958-61, and at Mampsis, in the years 1965-67.
«The Greek inscriptions published here come from different localities in the Negev, discovered at different times: at Oboda during my excavations in the years 1958-61, and at Mampsis, in the years 1965-67. I stumbled upon the inscriptions found at Sobata while I was working on the chronology of the churches of Mampsis. These are published with the blessing of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, a participant in the work of the Colt Expedition at Sobata. The preparation of the epigraphic material of Sobata was not easy matter. Despite these difficulties I decided to include also these in the present publication. In the archaeological campaign at Elusa during the summer of 1980, we discovered a new inscription which we add to the present publication. My original intention was to publish separately also the other inscriptions from the other towns of the Negev, but I was encouraged by the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum to include them all in this publication».(from the Foreword by the Author)
Contents
Foreword
Oboda (Avdat, Abdeh)
Sobata (Shivta, Esbeita)
Mampsis (Mamshit, Kurnub)
Elusa (Haluza, Khalasa)
Indexes
- Personal names
- Gods, Saints, clergy and church administration
- Religious and various other formulae - Offices and technical terms Geographical
- Dated inscriptions
- History of burial in the North Church, Sobata - Dated building inscriptions, Sobata
Notes to the Indexes
- The onomasticon
- The provincial administration in the inscriptions from Sobata
- History of burial in the North Church at Sobata
- Dated building inscriptions at Sobata